９３％日本人對中国的印象「不佳」

Last week the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

中国の印象「良くない」日本人９３％…過去最多

2014年09月09日 19時27分

　日中両国民の相互意識を探る「第１０回日中共同世論調査」（実施＝言論ＮＰＯ、中国日報社）の結果が９日、発表された。

　日本人の中国への印象で「良くない」（「どちらかと言えば良くない」を含む）は９３％（昨年９０・１％）に上り、２００５年の調査開始以来、最多となった。中国側は８６・８％（同９２・８％）と６ポイント改善した。

　良くない印象を持つ理由（複数回答可）で、日本側は「国際的なルールと異なる行動をする」（５５・１％）が「尖閣諸島をめぐる対立」（５０・４％）を上回り、最多となった。日本の対中認識悪化は、東シナ海に加え、南シナ海など周辺地域における、中国の力を背景とした行動への懸念が反映されたとみられる。中国側は「日本が領土紛争を引き起こし強硬な態度をとっている」（６４％）が最多だった。

(試譯文)

On the 9th the result of "The 10^th round of Sino-Japanese common opinion poll" (organizer: Genron NPO and China Daily) which explored mutual impression of the people between China and Japan was released.

The impression among Japanese on China was "no good" ("it is not quite good" is included) went up to 93% (90.1% last year), and became the majority view since the investigation started in 2005. On the side of China it had improved 6 point to stand at 86.8% (last year 92.8%).

On the side of Japan the reason (multiple answers allowed) for having a no good impression was "carried out actions deviated from international rules" (55.1%), becoming the majority view exceeding the reason "confrontations involving the Senkaku Islands" (50.4%). Regarding the aggravation in impression on China in Japan, it could be seen as a reflection on the concern over activities in areas surrounding the South China Sea, in addition to the East China Sea, with China’s power in the background. As on the side of China "Japan caused the territorial dispute and has taken a firm attitude" (64%) was the majority.

I hope the impression could be improved in the next survey.